I'm exciting about working as project manager as we head to the next release version of Watir. As Bret mentioned, I've rollled out Watir as the keystone of my company's functional automation testing since the beginning of this year, happily replacing WinRunner as the tool of choice.
Documentation is definitely a critical need right now for new users coming to Watir in understanding our basic approach to web testing, answering questions and enabling them to be successful. I view the documentation as part of the deliverable and not simply an adjunct. I'll be coordinating the documentation effort with the people who've already volunteered, if anyone else would like to help, drop me a line. I'd like to encourage people to get involved whether it be adding more information to the wiki, answering questions on the mailing list, reporting issues in Jira, adding user contributions, etc. If you have any additional area where you'd like to contribute, let me know. I'm very much looking forward to the next release being another success for Watir as an increasingly valuable testing asset. Thanks, Charley On 9/22/06, Bret Pettichord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am pleased to announced that Charley Baker has accepted the position > of project manager for the Watir project. Charley has been helping the > project in numerous ways. He made sure that all the open issues were > migrated and documented in Jira, which allowed me to put together the > dynamic road map that i published the other day. He has also been key > in defining our new policies regarding contributions. > > Several of you have generously offered to help out with documenting > Watir. Thank you. Charley will be coordinating this effort and will be > contacting you. > > He knows my thoughts on what kind of documentation we need. I will > just say one thing. To me, the most valuable thing would be to review > the questions that show up on this list and see what we could do to > make the answers easier for people to find. Not by searching the list, > but by enhancing our our documentation and websites. > > Charley will also provide an alternative channel for appeals. Like any > developer, there are areas where i may dismiss bug reports or > suggestions too quickly. Charley will help make sure that the project > doesn't suffer when this happens. > > As his day job, Charley is rolling out Watir at Bay Area Retailer, and > is quite aware of many struggles that our users currently face. Please > feel free to contact Charley directly if you would like to help us in > any way. > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > Wtr-general@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
